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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
4
Canadian Mines Minister James Allison Glen visits Vancouver to celebrate his mother Mrs Mary Glen’s 99th birthday. He praises her heritage and notes she remains active and sharp. the family plans a week in Vancouver while he attends to departmental duties during the trip.
A public health message urges teaching cancer facts to halt the disease. Advocates stress community understanding and action to prevent hundreds of needless deaths through awareness and science.
In 1946 the Dominion Experimental Farm at Indian Head marks the 40th anniversary of Dr L H J Newman’s first visit. The account praises his long service to Canadian agriculture and notes many wheat varieties tested there, from Red Fife to Redman and Rescue, with ongoing tests of wheats oats barleys and flax.
Line Elevators Farm Service runs a modern seed testing lab for prairie farmers. It will examine wheat, oats, barley, rye and flax for germination, weed seeds, surface smut, seed borne diseases, embryo injury, and varietal purity. Tests aim to guide seed treatment and ensure quality.
The Manitoba Cancer Relief and Research campaign promotes early symptom awareness and seeks medical consultation before cancer advances. It stresses that surgery or radiation can cure early disease, while delayed detection leads to incurable spread, citing about 1,000 Manitoba cancer deaths annually and detailing key warning signs and education efforts across rural areas.
The auditorium hosted a Sept 26 debate among Grades IX and X with the telegraph vs telephone issue decided in favor of the negative. Judges were Mrs. Kippan Mrs. Dalton and Rev. Adams. AffIRmative team led by Syd Cohan Jim Cochrane and Betty Marie Brownlee. Student council met Sept 30 and planned a party for Oct 18. A special committee was formed to raise funds for The Russell Memorial Project with a report due Oct 7.
October marks updated validity for Meat-Coupon groups Q to M and Butter-Coupons B to R with several dates and expirations. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announces maximum apple prices for the 1946 crop averaging about five cents above 1945, with current Western and Eastern prices below the ceiling but converging toward it due to a lighter East Canadian crop last year.
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